tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.comments2018-10-29T05:52:54.672-07:00SoapBoxLASoapBoxLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423782294035596253noreply@blogger.comBlogger462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-65674470328188244922017-09-23T17:12:26.995-07:002017-09-23T17:12:26.995-07:00Growing up in Orange County in the 60s, I remember...Growing up in Orange County in the 60s, I remember my father got me up early one Sunday to go to the Easter sunrise service. No traffic or problem parking even though the drive was over an hour.<br />Sorry it&#39;s gone...A. Marburyhttp://angelamarbury-musicmuse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-53326503559511034392016-11-10T11:30:38.903-08:002016-11-10T11:30:38.903-08:00Its interesting to read about my dad and what a go...Its interesting to read about my dad and what a good man he was . ive been looking up all his interviews wes robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131993405918044239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-67490864490587511162013-09-12T23:54:58.274-07:002013-09-12T23:54:58.274-07:00This is great!This is great!Celestahttp://thesteammop.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-78985830689009020462013-05-31T12:12:29.165-07:002013-05-31T12:12:29.165-07:00This is what happens when yuppies move in and whin...This is what happens when yuppies move in and whine about the local characters. This is the neighborhood of Charles Bukowski....and it has been ruined by all of you who have moved here in the last ten years. Some of my best times have been here. The Northwest corner of Hollywood and Western was my hangout. I lived in the Gershwin and was run out as well as all of the businesses. That was a E.D. Lancasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888069189369724025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-7507307655544038332013-01-22T07:22:56.455-08:002013-01-22T07:22:56.455-08:00Draiman says that voters deserve to hear from all ...Draiman says that voters deserve to hear from all Mayoral candidates on the ballot <br /><br />It is anti democratic to ignore candidates who have earned their place to be on the ballot.<br /><br />In the current political mood and the growing apathy by voters it is imperative that every candidate who is officially on the ballot to be heard by the public.<br /><br />Ignoring these candidates onlyYjDraimanForMayorLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378686585196401699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-66146091535480649002012-05-10T14:47:10.766-07:002012-05-10T14:47:10.766-07:00The sidewalks are public right-of-way while the pa...The sidewalks are public right-of-way while the parkway area is the responsibility of the adjacent property owner. <br /><br />It is illegal to lock your bike to a parking meter but I believe that street signs and light poles are fair game.<br /><br />If the streets signs and light poles are on paved sidewalk, they are in the public right-of-way.<br /><br />I hope that helps. <br /><br />The SoapBoxLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423782294035596253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-29509125055043830612012-05-10T14:22:24.427-07:002012-05-10T14:22:24.427-07:00Are private property managers (apartment landlords...Are private property managers (apartment landlords) supposed to provide bike parking near the apartment building? My apartment doesn&#39;t have bike racks, so is it legal to lock up my bike to street signs? The landloard cannot cut my locks because I am not parked on his property, just in front of if? (Private property doesn&#39;t include the sidewalk area)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-83854301091408914572012-05-10T14:19:03.046-07:002012-05-10T14:19:03.046-07:00If I bike to a residential area (apartment duplexe...If I bike to a residential area (apartment duplexes and homes), am I allowed to lock my bike on the street signs? If the landlord doesn&#39;t like bike parking in front of his duplex, do i have to listen to him when he tells me to move my bike? Is the sidewalk and the area between the sidewalk and street considered private property or public property?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-70539800180703567272012-02-21T19:16:23.467-08:002012-02-21T19:16:23.467-08:00Trutanich spends city money to help millionaire ho...Trutanich spends city money to help millionaire homeowners in the Hywd Hills gate off public streets to make their private enclave -- which violates state law and the state constitution.<br /><br />Could it be that millionaires in the Hills give Trutanich money to run for DA while his victims in the Falts do not have enough money to bribe, er, I mean, donate to political campaigns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-78307848618288701792012-02-18T19:55:58.801-08:002012-02-18T19:55:58.801-08:00&quot;photo-op captains at the helm of a ship with...&quot;photo-op captains at the helm of a ship with no rudder&quot; - now that&#39;s the best description of our city government I&#39;ve ever heard!Mr. Homegrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903804104014983893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-6832475003577236502012-02-16T16:21:38.104-08:002012-02-16T16:21:38.104-08:00That Jeannie Shen is useless. She&#39;s an enginee...That Jeannie Shen is useless. She&#39;s an engineer - likely she does not know what the sidewalk feels to walk on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-26629201022713728622012-01-18T19:17:47.896-08:002012-01-18T19:17:47.896-08:00If you change the kids you change the culture. Wi...If you change the kids you change the culture. With most of those in power there is no immediate payoff for them to promote alternative ways of transportation other than the car. (So much of our local business depends on it - garages, gas stations, insurance, car dealers, used car lots etc.) And people commuting by bike or walking are not a group with huge money behind them.. <br /><br />If Hap Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888564317692646455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-91220098664961606142011-10-29T16:41:51.728-07:002011-10-29T16:41:51.728-07:00Kudos to Stephen for a very well written article. ...Kudos to Stephen for a very well written article. LAHD is a thoroughly corrupt agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-73921377993208445852011-10-17T21:14:22.327-07:002011-10-17T21:14:22.327-07:00Very well written
People too quickly will give up...Very well written<br /> People too quickly will give up their rights when they think they can put their hand into other people&#39;s pocketbooks. As Stephen shows, you better turn around because the city will be using ACE to puts its hands into everyone pocket book b y forcing them to take care of their sidewalks and trees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-58377502701697805312011-09-28T16:51:48.695-07:002011-09-28T16:51:48.695-07:00There&#39;s an interesting bunch of criticism abou...There&#39;s an interesting bunch of criticism about the Broken Windows theory out there, some of it summed up on MetaFilter <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/76792/Broken-Windows-Theory-Experiments" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/80832/Sociology-papers-online" rel="nofollow">here</a>. &quot;Broken Windows&quot; is one of those theories that&#39;s quick, simple andJoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-67001422641335366632011-09-27T13:51:52.736-07:002011-09-27T13:51:52.736-07:00This is best and most comprehensive article on the...This is best and most comprehensive article on the apron parking issue.<br />Thanks for providing intelligent, accurate information.Roxane Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384805737057986004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-6543306279025627522011-09-23T11:57:49.278-07:002011-09-23T11:57:49.278-07:00LADBS will be judge, jury and executioner. As I r...LADBS will be judge, jury and executioner. As I recall, they have enough problems right now...Paul Dumontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-16656019192891830072011-07-20T13:01:03.999-07:002011-07-20T13:01:03.999-07:00Stephen, you put all the ideas and issues surround...Stephen, you put all the ideas and issues surrounding Carmageddon together like a gifted child puts lego blocks together to make a utopian city. Well done.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914365381945105115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-23243388886576805052011-07-19T01:05:03.571-07:002011-07-19T01:05:03.571-07:00Let me know when you need me. Alex has my email, ...Let me know when you need me. Alex has my email, and I&#39;m Facebook friends with both of you. I&#39;m here for more than just cyclist causes.<br /><br />-ThaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-24432303554678045432011-06-01T13:21:45.293-07:002011-06-01T13:21:45.293-07:00What, no love for the bike blog?
:DWhat, no love for the bike blog?<br /><br />:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-28685999627795332872011-05-27T17:40:15.202-07:002011-05-27T17:40:15.202-07:00Finally a group is addressing the neglect by city ...Finally a group is addressing the neglect by city of LA officials of a major East-West route through the center of the city. It makes Los Angeles look especially bad when West Hollywood has so well renovated the street in the 1990&#39;s and the LA section looks pitiful, with overhead utilities, few or no trees and a depressed city-scape showing total lack of planning. We have been discussing adariushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404108567316874602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-49985229549520367242011-05-27T17:36:01.090-07:002011-05-27T17:36:01.090-07:00Santa Monica Blvd, East of the City of West Hollyw...Santa Monica Blvd, East of the City of West Hollywood is in a pitiful, neglected state. While West Hollywood notoriously renovated the street, LA has consistently neglected tree planting etc.<br /><br />I&#39;m glad people are getting involved to get the city to pay attention to a major East-West route.dariushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404108567316874602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-14538195909448346732011-05-05T14:40:23.942-07:002011-05-05T14:40:23.942-07:00clap, clap, clap, clap. Big round of applause for ...clap, clap, clap, clap. Big round of applause for this. And we have poor Barbara Black who commissioned North Hollywood youth to do a graffiti ART mural on an ugly fence on her own property in an alley only to be fined and forced to white wash it. Guess she didn&#39;t have big developer money backing her. Fix the sign ordinance already. Otherwise we&#39;re going to be a nameless, faceless, beige NoHo Arts Districthttp://www.nohoartsdistrict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-42925954270592542152011-05-05T03:14:21.854-07:002011-05-05T03:14:21.854-07:00Nice article for this day. Thanks for sharing.Nice article for this day. Thanks for sharing.wfshttp://watchfaveshows.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-55337546101854518592011-04-24T19:02:06.983-07:002011-04-24T19:02:06.983-07:00Rod - streets are not just for cars. Once you real...Rod - streets are not just for cars. Once you realize that, please reconsider your comments. Change has to begin somewhere.Tom FitzGibbonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598702662857046288noreply@blogger.com